This phrase from this morning's Divine Office struck me.What better way is there to describe God?
His mercy is bottomless. He loves us. He longs to forgive.
When we tilt our faces even slightly to God, He rushes in. Have you ever noticed this?
Jesus describes God as the father who searches the horizon for his lost son, longing for his return. When the father spots the son, though he is still far away, the father runs to him, arms outstretched, ready for a full embrace*.
In my own life, God rushes in and fills me when I incline my face to Him, even now. I am not worthy of this, yet His love compels Him. Years ago, when my foolishness caused me to stray, He waited for me, searching the horizon for my return. Where would I be if not for this?
I pray that tomorrow, on Divine Mercy Sunday, many will come to know His bottomless mercy, and that we who have received it will pray for those still on the way.
*Check out the story of the Prodigal Son in St. Luke chapter 15.
4 comments:
the bottomless mercy of jesus is like this.
HITLER IF HE HAD REPENTED BEFORE DEATH WOULD HAVE AT LEAST BEEN SAVED EVEN IF THE AGONIES OF PURGATORY WOULD BE THE MOST SEVERE AMONG ALL PURGING.
BUT LUKEWARM PERSONS JESUS TELLS US HE WILL SPIT OUT OF HIS MOUTH .
JESUS TOLD ST FAUSTINA THAT LUKEWARM PERSONS IN REGARD TO THEIR DEVOTION IN JESUS CAUSES JESUS TO TURN AWAY FROM THEM.
SO HOW COULD HITLER WHO KILLED / TORTURED SO MANY GET INTO HEAVEN AND A LESSER VIOLENT PERSON NOT?
ASK ST. PAUL ........ HE WAS FLIPPED OFF HIS HORSE AND ASKED WHY HE WAS PERSECUTING CHRISTIANS?
THE BOTTOMLESS MERCY OF GOD MAKES NO DISTIINCTION WITH FORGIVENESS REGARDING THE TYPE / GRAVITY OF SIN AS ENTRANCE TICKETS INTO HEAVEN. I PERSONALLLY THINK HITLER WENT TO HELL BUT IT JUST SHOWS THAT SAINT PAUL MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE TO REPENT AND HITLER DIDN'T.
IF ONLY THE LUKEWARM WOULD EITHER BE HOT OR COLD..........LETS OFFER OF DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY FOR THE APATHETIC LUKEWARM SELF-NAMED CALLED CHRISTIANS
.MAYBE IN MY EARLY DAYS I WAS LUKEWARM BUT THERE WAS SOMEONE TO PRAY FOR ME TO SHAKE ME OUT OF MY SLUMBER SO THAT I MAY BE '' HOT ''
HAVE YOU NOTICED ON THE STOVE TOP KNOBS THERE ARE HEAT SETTINGS BETWEEN MEDIUM HEAT AND HOT ?
LORD... I RUN TO YOUR BOTTOMLESS PIT OF MERCY FOR ALL THE TIMES THIS YEAR MY STOVE , SOUL TOP SETTINGS WERE AT ALL DIFFERENT SETTINGS EXCEPT ON '' HOT ''
Ohe, how right you are; and put in such beautiful words. May HE always ... search the horizon for me ... when I stray.
GOD IS GOOD, ALWAYS ... IN ALL WAYS. Cajun Sissy
It is hard for me to understand how God might forgive a person like Hitler, but His love is so much greater than our sin. God's ways are far beyond what we can understand, and He alone knows the state of men's hearts and the contrition therein. I am thankful for His patience with us. He is so faithful to draw us closer to Him throughout our journeys. He knows when the prodigal sons and daughters will be drawn home.
He knows when the prodigal sons and daughters will be drawn home, said Esther.
And we, imperfect humans that we are ... are always in a hurry. May GOD's will be done in our children's lives; and ohe, yeah; grandchildren also.
DIEU TE BENISSE!! Cajun Sissy
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